Mineral specimens search results

(para ver esta página en español)

Mineral specimens search results for [ ]

Floater group of Sphalerite crystals, translucent and of a very uniform honey color, with smooth faces corresponding to the tetrahedron and partially coated by a multitude of very sharp and outlined Dolomite crystals, creating a beautiful color contrast. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located at a spectacular site next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 1.02”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

SM190N: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Complex Sphalerite crystals, one of them dominant, on matrix, with white Dolomite crystals pseudomorphing older Calcite crystals.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.5 × 3 cm cm = 3.86” × 2.95” × 1.18”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

EN96AM1: Sphalerite with Dolomite

A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Groups of complex Sphalerite crystals with equant habit and sharply defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale pink color. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 9.4 × 8 × 3.2 cm = 3.70” × 3.15” × 1.26”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

XM2220NPX: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Single crystal of Sphalerite, translucent and with a very uniform honey color, showing smooth tetrahedron faces, very lustrous, with polycrystalline growths and dotted with white Dolomite crystals that give a nice color contrast. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, in a spectacular location next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.02”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

NV27AM8: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Polycrystalline growth of complex shapes, with defined edges and faces and with fine curvatures, transparent, very lustrous and with a very deep and uniform toasted honey color. On matrix, with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen comes from small artisanal finds in the mine after its closure. There is currently no access to the galleries.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number BLD-7) whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.18”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

NA27AL9: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Complex crystals of Sphalerite on a Dolomite matrix. The crystal is transparent, lustrous and with an intense and lively honey color. With contacts but no damage. Small parts of the back of the matrix have been cut to reduce the size of the specimen without damage to the crystals.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

NP27AL5: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Complex Sphalerite crystals with very well defined and slightly curved faces and edges, transparent, very bright and with a very deep toasted honey color. On matrix with white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 1.42”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

NMF27AP6: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Crystals of Sphalerite with sharp crystal forms, very rich in faces and polycrystalline growths. Translucent, lustrous, with an intense honey color and on a matrix of Dolomite crystals. An old Spanish classic.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.93” × 1.38”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

MF98AM5: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Groups of crystals of Sphalerite with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, transparent, with good luster and a very intense and vivid green color (variety cleiophane) on a matrix covered by white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. The specimen is very different from what is usually seen at this locality both in color and in general appearance.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 13.2 × 8.8 × 6.9 cm = 5.20” × 3.46” × 2.72”
Price: €380 / US$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

XM2390TBM: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Group of lustrous and complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, very deep honey colored, almost dark, sprinkled randomly with Dolomite crystals that give it a very marked color contrast. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, in a spectacular location next to Picos de Europa National Park.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7 × 6.9 × 5.2 cm = 2.76” × 2.72” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94”
Price: €390 / US$417 / ¥55360 / AUD$620

XM2580NTR: Sphalerite with Dolomite

A floater that shows two main complex and interpenetrating spherical groups of Sphalerite, with well defined faces and edges. They are translucent, with marked polysynthetic twins and an intense honey color, and are joined at the base with Dolomite crystals as the matrix. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located in a spectacular setting next to the Picos de Europa National Park. It belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of Northern Spain.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 1.61”
Price: €580 / US$620 / ¥82330 / AUD$930

SV640NDR: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a deep and uniform dense caramel color, and are on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite, with small remnants of a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since its galleries were flooded.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 16.6 × 13.5 × 6.2 cm = 6.54” × 5.31” × 2.44”
Price: €640 / US$685 / ¥90850 / AUD$1020

SV660NCA: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Very marked polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a very deep and uniform honey color, and grew on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite on a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since the galleries were flooded.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.5 × 5 cm = 5.04” × 3.74” × 1.97”
Price: €660 / US$706 / ¥93690 / AUD$1060

SV740NBB: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Very marked polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a very deep and uniform honey color, and grew on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite on a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since the galleries were flooded.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 9 × 8.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.54” × 3.43”
Price: €740 / US$792 / ¥105050 / AUD$1180

MP36T0: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Well individualized crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, and with intense deep red reflections. On matrix, with white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee USA
Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.13” × 2.13” × 0.94”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

NT13AB1: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Complex crystal with curvatures on its faces and edges, twinned, with parallel growths, transparent, with an excellent deep honey color and partially coated by small white Dolomite crystals. From a Spanish mine, inaccessible for many of years, that is considered as a classic for the Sphalerite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 0.87”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

NM8AB1: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Complex equidimensional crystals, translucent and with a very deep toasted honey color. They are on matrix, with Dolomite. From a Spanish mine, inaccessible for many of years, that is considered as a classic for the Sphalerite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.6 × 3 cm = 3.03” × 2.20” × 1.18”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

SM90NQ: Sphalerite with Dolomite

Group of complex crystals, transparent and on matrix, with white Dolomite crystals...
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

SV180NNG: Sphalerite with Dolomite and Calcite

Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a dense, deep and uniform caramel color, and are in matrix with white Dolomite crystals and small partially dissolved Calcite crystals. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible for many years already after the galleries were flooded.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.10”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

EF50AJ5: Sphalerite with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite

Complex Sphalerite crystals, very large for the locality, transparent, very bright with a deep and intense honey color and partially coated by bright Chalcopyrite microcrystals.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain
Specimen size: 14 × 11.3 × 7.8 cm = 5.51” × 4.45” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”
Price: €540 / US$578 / ¥76650 / AUD$860

TQ66AM8: Sphalerite with Dolomite and Siderite

Group of complex Sphalerite crystals, transparent (with back lighting) and lustrous, with an intense color, on a matrix of white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and small lenticular crystals of light cream colored Siderite. A great French classic with a crystal size bigger than usual in this deposit and with the isolated crystals appearing in very good contrast with the white Dolomite crystals.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (±1980)
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 1.73”
Price: €1700 / US$1820 / ¥241330 / AUD$2730

NP27AA6: Sphalerite with Dolomite and Siderite

Druse of small, complex, twinned Sphalerite crystals, extraordinarily bright and transparent and with a very deep honey color. The matrix is partially coated by small, white Dolomite crystals and rhombohedral Siderite crystals. This mine is currently abandoned and flooded, and its old galleries are completely inaccessible.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (±1985)
Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.1 × 6.3 cm = 4.57” × 3.58” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

JFD203AP5: Sphalerite with Dolomite, Chalcopyrite and Siderite

Crystals from this mine are rarely so individualized and rarely are they on such a white matrix. That's why I kept it.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (±1984)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 1.30”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

JFD155AO7: Sphalerite with Fluorapatite and Muscovite

Look out! A specimen like this is rare in Panasqueira. Sphalerite is not usually found there in good specimens, but moreover, when it is, it is almost always associated with other sulphides, which yields less luminous groups. In this case, the association with Fluorapatite, well crystallized and with a fibrous appearance, and Muscovite with a good color, results in a very unusual specimen, a real curiosity for those who specialise in this mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (±2005)
Specimen size: 10.4 × 6.6 × 3.7 cm = 4.09” × 2.60” × 1.46”
Price: €520 / US$556 / ¥73810 / AUD$830

EE67AM3: Sphalerite with Galena

Druse of complex twinned Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, and yellow in color. Transparent under strong light. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals. The back of the piece has been partially sawn.
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast Bulgaria
Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.70” × 2.52” × 1.57”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

We work with the IMA approved names for minerals. If you are not sure of the IMA name for the mineral you are looking for you can select it from the following list


US Minerals	Mexico & Canada Minerals	Spanish Minerals	Spanish Fluorite	Portugal - Panasqueira	French Minerals
European Minerals	FSU Minerals	Moroccan Minerals	African Minerals	Brazilian Minerals	South American Minerals
Chinese Minerals	Tukey, Asia & Australia Minerals	Joaquim Callen's Photo Gallery	The Daunis Collection	The Jan Buma Collections	The Carles Curto Collection